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Nine people died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, including the basketball icon, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter. Artist Jules Muck painted the mural of Kobe and his daughter, whose nickname is Gigi, at Pickford Market in Los Angeles on Sunday. The mural reads, “Kobe & Gigi. Forever Daddy’s Girl.” “I feel that what he did with his fame as far as his camps and training and work with his daughter and other young people was pretty awesome especially that he died in that service,” Muck told CNN on Monday. Muck said she was already on her way to paint a mural of Bryant when she heard about Gianna’s death and “felt it was important to include her.” Public memorials honoring the father and daughter appeared across the Los Angeles area and even on the other side of the world. This is how Bryant and his daughter are being remembered by legions of adoring fans . Newport Beach, California Dozens of balloons and flowers lined the grass outside the gates of...

A student from China, who is currently part of an exchange program at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, is being tested for the novel coronavirus, a health official said. The exchange student’s flight to the US connected through Wuhan — ground zero for the virus — and while there, they presented to local health care officials with respiratory symptoms, according to James Garrow with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Samples were taken from the student and sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for testing, Garrow said. Wuhan’s direct international flight links The student has been in isolation since being in care, and the other exchange students and their chaperones are being monitored for symptoms. So far, none have any. Garrow said the exchange student has improved and is feeling well and they expect to hear back from the CDC with the test results within days. According to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philad...

OTTAWA – Venezuela’s embattled President Juan Guaidó said Canada’s support has been essential as he tries to take control of his country, but said more still needs to be done to restore democracy in his homeland. Guaidó is recognized by the international community and by some elected officials inside Venezuela, but he doesn’t have the support of the country’s armed forces or courts, who remain loyal to Nicolás Maduro. Guaidó arrived in Ottawa on Monday after stops in both London and Paris trying to garner more support from the international community. Speaking through a translator, he acknowledged he could face difficulties returning to his country “Everything is a risk in Venezuela,” he said. He said many of his staff were in hiding as they fear arrest, but it was important to keep fighting for change. Venezuela has been in an economic and humanitarian crisis for several years, with Maduro’s socialist government leading to hyperinflation, price spikes and shortages of basic goo...

More than 200 survivors gathered at the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz, many probably for the final time, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation. As rows over the make-up of the international guest list at the memorial ceremony threatened to overshadow Monday’s event, survivors who drew on harrowing memories of their incarceration warned the lessons from the atrocities sanctioned by Adolf Hitler’s administration and carried out often by ordinary Germans were in danger of being forgotten. “The Holocaust was sponsored and was okayed by a government. Not only did they allow it to happen but they enforced it and encouraged regular people to become killers,” said Benjamin Lesser, a 92-year-old Polish-born Jew whose family was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. More than 1.1 million people were murdered at the camp, most of them Jews. “I have returned so that I don’t forget any of the details of what happened to me, so I can keep the memories alive, and stop the wor...

News of the shocking deaths of basketball star Kobe Bryant , his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, continues to reverberate around the globe on Monday. Bryant and the others died Sunday when the helicopter they were on crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, California. But the American athlete was mourned far beyond the borders of his home country. His Italian home feels the loss Bryant lived in Italy as a child while his father, Joe Bryant, played basketball there, and his death hit many in the country hard. Luca Vecchi, the mayor of the northern Italian town of Reggio Emilia, where Bryant lived, mourned the player in numerous Facebook posts . “Kobe Bryant grew up here and was for all of us a Reggiano,” Vecchi wrote in a post. “A basketball legend that all our city will remember forever with affection and gratitude.” Philippines: House of Kobe court A new basketball court in Valenzuela City, in Metro Manila , Philippines, dubbed “House of Kobe,” had just opened hours...

Sunny skies, ideal temperatures, and lots of fat tire fun marked the 5th annual Borealis Fat Bike World Championship, which went down last weekend in Crested Butte, Colorado. This year’s trimmed-down event kicked off with an evening of—occasionally treacherous—fat bike polo, on a closed down block of the famed ski town’s main drag, Elk Avenue. The following morning, festivities headed to the edge of town for the main event, which consisted of a 3-lap fun race, and 5-lap, very much tongue-in-cheek World Championship affair. Both events were contested on a 5-mile, packed-snow circuit that traced a clockwise loop around the valley floor between town and Mount Crested Butte. Here’s a look at some of the highlights. Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/bold-and-bizarre-at-fat-bike-worlds-velonews-com-2/

With the first votes of the 2020 Democratic primary one week away, the foreign policies on offer from the leading candidates merit closer inspection. Why it matters: If a Democrat wins back the White House in 2020, they’ll face steep obstacles to turning their domestic agenda into reality. But in foreign affairs, particularly when crises arise, they will wield immense power. Biden’s foreign policy centers around restoring America’s global leadership and alliances. He argues that will allow him to repair global institutions, defend the international rules of the road, confront China — which he increasingly cites as a priority — and rein in Russia. Biden sounds more prepared to support foreign intervention and free trade deals than his leading rivals, though less than some Democrats (including himself) in cycles past. Key policies: Biden wants a cautious withdrawal from Afghanistan, more military aid to Ukraine and sanctions on those responsible for China’s mass detentions i...

MCEWAN | Ryan Sipes becomes world’s best and USA’s first   WDRB Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/mcewan-ryan-sipes-becomes-worlds-best-and-usas-first-wdrb/

This future-gazing podcast series examines speculative scenarios and provocative prophecies Jan 27th 2020 NEW ENVIRONMENTAL rules have been introduced to control pollution at sea, but might they do more harm than good—and how can shipping be made greener in the long term? Also, a look at the future of nursing, as 2020 has been designated the year of the nurse . And how Xi Jinping is playing a long game to improve Chinese football in the decades to come. Tom Standage hosts. Music by Chris Zabriskie “Candlepower” (CC by 4.0). Runtime: 21 min Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Sticher | TuneIn Please subscribe to The Economis t for full access to print, digital and audio editions : www.economist.com/radiooffer or here for The World in 2020 Reuse this content The Trust Project Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/the-world-ahead-deep-green-sea-new-environmental-shipping-rules-the-future-of-nursing-and-chinas-plan-to-discover-a-football...

China is the world’s second-largest arms producer, behind the US, a Swedish research institute announced on Monday. New research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that four Chinese arms groups generate sufficient sales to be ranked among the world’s top 20 weapons sellers. The four groups have combined sales worth $54.1 billion (€49.1 billion) in 2017. Read more:   Can Chinese weapons contribute to peace in Africa? “This research represents the most comprehensive picture of Chinese companies’ weapons production to date,” SIPRI announced on their website. They also noted that the new figures are likely an underestimate, given the lack of transparency in China. The vast majority of the Chinese munitions sold every year are bought by the different branches of China’s People’s Liberation Army. In the previous report published in 2017 , SIPRI placed China at sixth place in the world. These new figures place it ahead of Russia. In ...

Kobe Bryant’s death sent shockwaves around the world, Sunday. It was also felt heavy in the soccer community, both in the U.S. and abroad. Bryant was often seen wearing a Barcelona jersey, speaking of his love for the club and also attended several U.S. Women’s National team matches, most recently the team’s kick-off to their victory tour in August at the Rose Bowl. As word of his death began to spread, several clubs around the world offered their condolences, from Chelsea to Manchester United to AC Milan, Barcelona and the local Major League Soccer clubs (Galaxy and LAFC). Real Madrid had a moment of silence before the start of Monday’s training session in honor of Bryant. International stars Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho also posted twitter messages for Bryant. Bryant attended MLS Media Day earlier this month at Banc of California Stadium to kick off a new partnership with Body Armor sports drink and MLS. Chicago Fire forward CJ Sapong spoke about meeting with repo...

finance Warren Buffett Is One of the World’s Richest Fossil-Fuel Billionaires in 10 hours   Bloomberg Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/finance-warren-buffett-is-one-of-the-worlds-richest-fossil-fuel-billionaires-in-10-hours-bloomberg/

Monday, January 27, 2020 | 12:01 AM As Kristy Weidner dealt with her marriage ending, she wanted to make a change. She considered volunteering for the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders. Instead, she and her former supervisor co-founded the Village Center for Holistic Therapy because she saw a local need for services aimed at improving one’s overall well-being. In 2011, Weidner, a social worker residing in Shaler, and her business partner, psychologist Victor Barbetti, opened their West End practice. In 2016, they opened a second location along Glenshaw’s Mt. Royal Boulevard. Therapists combine a talk-based approach with additional areas of expertise, such as dance, yoga, meditation, art, music, pet therapy and acupuncture. As the practice’s clinical director, Weidner, 40, said that clients are never pressured into trying therapies that don’t appeal to them. “We really have a person-centered approach where we say, ‘You’re the driver of this vehi...

A Spanish photographer has won the Judges Prize in this year’s Art of Building international photography contest, run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz, a professional photographer from northern Spain, depicted Hemisferic, the science museum in Valencia designed by Santiago Calatrava. Entitled “Fish”, his photograph (above) captured the building and its reflections to reimagine it as a living  creature. The other winner of the contest was Alexandr Bormotin, from Ivanovo in Russia, whose arresting depiction of a new underground train station in Moscow – called “Metrostation” – took home the Public Choice Award. This category is decided by online voting by the global public, and Metrostation got more than 30% of all votes. Public Choice Award winner, “Metrostation”, by Alexandr Bormotin Each winner gets a £1,500 prize. In its 10th year, the contest saw photographers from more than 100 countries submitting thousands of pictures of t...

The Sports World Is Coming To Terms With Kobe Bryant’s Death   NPR Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/the-sports-world-is-coming-to-terms-with-kobe-bryants-death-npr/

More than half of the areas around the world suitable for growing grapes used for wine could become unsuitable for the purpose in 80 years due to climate change, according to a new study. A study published Monday in the National Academy of Sciences’  online journal  said that 56 percent of wine-growing regions could be unsuitable by 2100 should the Earth’s climate warm 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit in that time. The study also found that such losses could be cut in half should wine growers diversify their crops and move different species of grapes to different regions — however, such an effort would involve farmers in regions that have specialized in single varietals for hundreds of years to learn new farming methods for new crops. And even that method becomes less effective under models in which the climate warmed more than 3.6 degrees, according to the study’s authors. “Conversations in Europe have already begun about new legislation to make it easier...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday will vote to allow the city to place bids to bring the 2025 World Police and Fire Games and the 2023-26 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball regional playoffs to Birmingham. Birmingham last hosted the NCAA playoffs in 2008. In 2008, officials were unsure about the future of the playoffs in Birmingham, citing the age of Legacy Arena. March Madness came to the city 10 times between 1995 and 2003. City officials credited the renovation of Legacy Arena and construction of Protective Stadium as driving forces behind the decisions to bid on these events. “Due to the size and condition of the arena, we lost [the NCAA playoffs]. But, now with the huge renovation and the new stadium, we are putting ourselves back on the map,” said District 3 councilor Valerie Abbott. Abbott chairs the Budget and Finance Committee. If the city wins the bid, it will be the first time Birmingham has hosted the women’s playoffs. If approved by the council, the city will pl...

Penny Hardaway on Kobe Bryant: He ‘meant a lot to the world’   WMC Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/penny-hardaway-on-kobe-bryant-he-meant-a-lot-to-the-world-wmc/

1/27/2020 LONDON – The World Petroleum Council has appointed Petroleum Economist as the ‘Official Publisher – Official Publication of the 23rd World Petroleum Congress’ for the 23rd World Petroleum Congress. The Congress will be held from 6-10 December 2020 in Houston with the theme of ‘Innovative Energy Solutions’, focusing on the vision of the oil and gas sector’s contribution to a changing world. The 23rd World Petroleum Congress will provide the platform for open dialogue between consumers and producers, governments and industry, academia and financiers, leaders and society, in order to address these issues and present debates, developments and solutions for sustainable production and use of the world’s energy resources. The objectives of the World Petroleum Council are the promotion of the sustainable supply and efficient use of oil, gas and other energy resources for the benefit of the public, and both publications of the 23rd World Petroleum Congress will reflect this th...

You’re looking at the world’s largest airport fire fighting machine. And as fire trucks on airports are much larger than normal ones, then that means this is the world’s largest full stop. Why are they so large? Well, firstly, they can be. After all, length and width are hardly considerations in the wide open spaces of an airport. Secondly, they really need to be. Potentially needing to douse the flames of a large airliner and all the fuel it carries, this new NAFFCO Falcon 8 can carry 16,000 litres of water and 1920 litres of fire-retardant foam . Dubai-based NAFFCO unveiled the new vehicle last week at the Intersec 2020 trade show. Its considerable bulk is hauled around by two engines with an output of around 1400bhp. The Falcon is just the latest in a long line of intriguing fire-fighting machines – here’s our pick of the weird, wonderful and adaptable world of fire fighting vehicles: Source link source https://newsslap.com/2020/01/28/the-worlds-largest-fire-engine-...

Technology and data are finally shaking up the world of commercial real estate, allowing the industry to make more informed decisions, respond quicker to consumer trends, and take on more complex projects, says consultancy Altus Group. The Toronto-based real estate firm said Monday that for the first time, a majority of 400 global commercial real estate executives polled said they are seeing the disruptive impact of technology on the sector. The shift comes as the wave of investment and startups in recent years are starting to show results and shift perspectives, said Altus CEO Bob Courteau. “There’s a bunch of really aggressive companies that came in to real estate globally, and they came in with a whole different view of the importance of data and technology.” New companies, and new executives at existing ones, have caused a significant shift in thinking on the role in technology in the space, he said. “The orientation of the management teams of historical commercial real esta...

2019 may have been fraught with volatile oil prices , but the world’s largest oil traders made a killing last year, Bloomberg reported on Monday. “By all accounts, 2019 was among the best years ever for the energy trading industry,” Marco Dunand, chief executive of energy trader Mercuria Energy Group LTD, said. Mercuria is one of the world’s largest oil traders. Other traders including Vitol and Trafigura reaped the benefits of a turbulent 2019 as well—but Shell and BP, which have in-house trading units, deal in even more crude oil, trading 13 million and 10.9 million barrels of crude oil per day. BP and Shell raked in billions last year on their oil trading arms, with Shell reportedly making $1 billion off fuel-oil trading due to the IMO2020 changes. Gunvor, who trades 2.5 million barrels a day, said that 2019 was “up there among the best years ever.” Trafigura, who already reported its 2019 results as their fiscal year ended in September, saw a record year for gross profits ...

A young child and her mother have been pulled out alive from under a collapsed building as Turkey began winding down its rescue operation following an earthquake that killed at least 38 people. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck in eastern Turkey on Friday evening, killing 34 people in Elâzığ province and four in the neighbouring province of Malatya. More than 1,600 others were hurt, Turkey’s AFAD disaster authority said. Rescue operations had largely been concluded by late Sunday but rescuers were still searching for three people in Elâzığ, about 550km (340 miles) east of Ankara, the interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, said. “We are still hopeful, we haven’t lost hope,” he told broadcaster CNN Turk. Epicentre of deadly Turkey earthquake Those rescued included a 35-year-old woman and her daughter, two, in the Mustafa Pasa district of Elâzığ. Rescuers who heard their screams took several hours to reach them in temperatures as low as -4C (24.8F), state media said. “Can you hear me?”...

Fans of basketball legend Kobe Bryant gathered at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore on Sunday afternoon, in the hours after his tragic death, to pay their respects to the Philly-area native. Tributes included a pair of Bryant’s jerseys – one from Lower Merion and one from his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers – along with flowers, candles, and dedicated basketballs featuring messages of love and support. Here’s a look at the scene at the school: Fans have gathered outside of Lower Merion High School, where Kobe Bryant played high school basketball to honor his memory on this devastating day. pic.twitter.com/pR8jIJGCfT — NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) January 26, 2020 The tribute continues as fans show up to Kobe Bryant Gymnasium at Lower Merion to honor the legacy of the star. pic.twitter.com/LJudVLwoiX — NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) January 26, 2020 A crowd outside Bryant Gymnasium at Lower Merion Highschool. Community members have laid d...